Color television receiver



Aug. 12, 1952 G. VALENSI 2,605,962

I COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER Filed July 18, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 E WWI/IA W E 7///////////////// llllllllllllllllllllllllllll ////////////////4 llllllllllllllllllllllllllll E Illlllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllll A TTURIVEYS' Aug. 12, 1952 G. VALENSI COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER Y 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed July 18, 1951 M ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 12, 1952 Georges-Valensi, Baris, France err 'i aiicn J 18 1951;.S r a jN ,2 7. 69

in France July 25, 1 950 2; Claims. 1

The present invention relates to color television systems of the kind in which every elemental area of the picture to be transmitted is characterized by its brightness and by itscolor and these characteristics are transmitted respectively. by means-of a brightness signalanda coded color signal, as described in my U. S. Patent No. 2,492,926, issued December27, 1949, for Color Television System.

2. which characterizeevery elemental area of; the picture andalso to a synchronizing pulse (at the frequency-of the'picture scanning lines). This pulsevserves-tosynchronize the relaxation oscillation generator S11.

The decoding cathode ray-tube is-shown at C; The brightness signal t is applied to the modulating electrode a (Wehnelt cylinder) which controls the intensity of the-cathode ray The object of my invention is to provide a 10 beam issuing- -from the linear cathode -'y of tube receiver of the kind disclosed in this patent O 'suppl-ied from electric energ-ysources P1; P2. which is simpler and -more efiicie'nt than those The coded color signal-T acts upon the-magnetic known up to now. coil'B provided for deflecting thisbe'am, where- Preferred embodiments of 'my inventionwill by, at any time; the image formed by the-elecbe hereinafter described with reference to the tron beam issuing from cathode 'yis located on accompanying drawings, given merely by way of a given vertical line of anode'G, which isproexample, and in which: vided with three slots of predetermined'respec- Fig. 1 shows the lay-out of a color television tive outlines pb, pv 107. On the corresponding receiver according to my invention; anodes cw, ab, car are collected the respective Fig. 1a shows on an enlarged scale a portion electron fluxes passingthrough these slots and of theviewing screen of this receiver; whichcorrespond to the proportions in which Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of a cathode ray the three basic colors (blue, green and red-lare switch incorporated in said receiver; to be mixed for obtaining the colorwhich, in the Fig. 2a is a corresponding detail view; code that-is used, corresponds to the coded sig- Figs. 3 and4 are part views relating to modiml T; Corresponding alternating voltages tb, flcations. 6 tv, tr are produced between the earth 'IE on the In the receiver shown by Fig. 24 of my U. S. one handythe sliding elements of three rheo- Patent-No. 2,492,926, above referred-to, the viewstats rb', T0, rr (connected respectively with ing screen of cathode-ray tube Ocarries athreeanodes ab, av, an") on the other hand. color network of lines. This tubeincludes three O is a cathode ray tube includingthe viewelectron gunaeach comprising a cathode cb, c'v, ing screen. It includes a cathode c "delivering aWehnelt cylinder go, 911,- gr, and focusin electrons under the effect of the heating proelectrodes (rib-cab; div-a212, air-car. Deflectduced by a-source of electrical energysc; The ingplates Pb, Prserve to juxtapose on the screen cathode ray beam from this cathode is controlled of-tubeO the spots formed thereon by the by a 'Wehnelt cylinder g and electron focussing electron beams from. the three cathodes sothat electrodes are-shown atm and a2, these electrodes the, three. spots. simultaneously scan the blue, being connected with electric sources sai and green and-red, rays .of they three-color. network of saz.

said screen along each scanning line. This jux- Under theaction of the magnetic fields protaposition, which calls for a perfect linearity of 40 duced by horizontal deflecting coil BH and verthe relaxation oscillations which control the tical deflecting coil BV, throughwhichfiow the scanning of screen Fl under the action of the relaxation oscillations supplied by generator Sy, magnetic fields of coils bh and be and also for a the electronic imageof cathodec (i; e. the spot highly accurate. adjustment of the .electronic formed by the electron beamissuingfrom this optical system of. tubeO constitutes a delicate cathode) scans thefluorescent screen Flof tube problem. The object of the. present invention is O. This fluorescent screen is diagrammatically to eliminate this problem, andalso .to simplify shown onFig -la'. It'includes athree-colornetthe construction of said tube. work formed by very thin vertical bands-or lines 11113116 construction shown by. waylofexample every third one is blue, the next-onegreen and by L'AR is the antennawhich receives from the next'on'e red and so on. This 'resultrnaybe thev transmitter. the. television signals which, obtained by constituting these respective bands afterbeing amplified in ampl fierA and p ssi by matters which give blue, green and redlumilthrough band-passfilters Fbi and Fbs and denescences when struck 'by the electrons of th'e. modulators DMTand Dmt,-gi.v.e.rise.to the'respece beams." Or '-I may super-impose on a whiteffitio tivebrightnesssignal tandcoded. colorssignal .T rescent screena three-color 'networkobt'ained in question.

through photographic or printing methods. Or I again, the wall of tube which carries the white luminescent substance may be arranged to produce selective light effects (light interferences, selective absorption, etc.) along very thin vertical bands respectively.

The spot of the light beam issuing from cathode a being of a width equal to that of each of the vertical bands of the three color network formed on screen ii, I provide a cathode ray switch COM which controls the intensity of the cathode beam issuing from cathode c proportionally to the values of voltages to, to, tr as said spot is passing on the corresponding blue, green and red bands respectively of screen Fl. In other words, while the spot formed by the beam from cathode c is travelling successively along the three blue, green and red rays corresponding to the elemental area of the picture that is being scanned, this spot undergoes variations in intensity due to the fact that the control electrode g which cooperates with this cathode is connected successively (and correspondingly) with the anodes ab, av, or of decoding tube C.

I may use for this purpose any known cathode ray switch. In the example shown by Fig. 2, this switch is constituted by a cathode ray tube in which the electron beam rotates to describe a cone on the circle of base of which are provided three metal electrodes eb, co, er (Fig. 2a) The punctiform cathode f of this tube COM emits an electron beam subjected to the action of a focusing anode d1, connected to electric source s2, and a metallic deposit d2 formed on the wall of tube COM actsas a second anode connected to electric source 83. Z1 and 12 are auxiliary frustoconical electrodes which serve to locate (through electric deflection) the cathode ray beam exactly upon the generatrices of the one above referred to by adjustment of rheostat rh connected with l the auxiliary electric source s4. Circular sectors p, covered with a fluorescent substance and electrically insulated from electrodes eb, an, ear (Fig. 2a), facilitate this adjustment by making the path of the spot visible on the base of the cone Magnetic coils b1, b2 create the rotary field which causes the cathode ray beam to describe this cone. v

This rotary field may be obtained through any of a, plurality of known methods, examples of which are given by Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

In the first case (Figs. 1 and 2), the fundamental component (or any other sinusoidal component) is extracted from the relaxation oscillation flowing through the horizontal deflecting coil BH of viewing tube 0 owing to a highly selective electric filter Ff (having a very narrow pass band). Then, by means of a frequency multiplier MF of a known type, I transform the sinusoidal component into a sinusoidal wave of a frequency equal to the number of elemental areas of the picture scanned per unit of time. This high frequency oscillation is applied on the one hand in phase to coil in and on the other hand,,through dephasing device D, in quadrature to coil ha. I thusobtain the desired rotary fieldwhich, during the time the cathode ray spot of tube 0 travels across one elemental area of the picture (i. e. across three successive bands of the three color network of screen Fl), connects, through the cathode ray beam of switch tube COM, the control electrode g of tube 0 successively with electrodes eb, ev, er. Owing to the provision of counter-battery 1r, which is arranged in opposition to the direct voltage of sources 82 and $3 in series, the potential, with reference to the oathode 0, connected to earth TE, of tube 0, of the control electrode of this tube 0 successively assumes the values determined by the electronic fluxes which, for the picture elemental area which is being scanned, flow respectively through the slots no, no, pr of the anode G of the decoding tube C of Fig. 1.

On the screen Fl of tube 0, the elemental area in question is constituted, as above stated, by the area common to three juxtaposed vertical bands (respectively blue, green and red) and one horizontal scanning line. Owing to the action of control electrode g, the instantaneous brightnesses of the three zones of this area corresponding to these three bands (1. e. of the blue, green and red zones of this elemental area) have values corresponding to the electronic fluxes passing respectively at the same times through slots pl),

pt, pr of the anode G of the decording tube C. These brightnesses correspond therefore respectively to the proportions in which the three basic colors (blue, green and red) are to be mixed together to reproduce the color of the corresponding elemental area of the scene that is being televisioned, as transmitted by color signal T.

In the case of Fig. 3, the relaxation oscillation (the frequency of which is that of the picture scanning lines) is applied to a quadripole or four terminal system ST working as a generator of harmonics (coil with a saturated magnetic core or saturated diode). Filter fm (having a wry narrow pass band) extracts from this complex mixture of harmonics a sinusoidal wave at the elemental area frequency, and this high frequency wave is applied to coils bi and ha, in phase for the first one and in quadrature (through dephaser D) for the other one.

In the case of Fig. 4, in order to create the desired rotary field, I make use of the vertical wave front of the synchronizingpulse 7', obtained at the output of demodulator DMt (Fig. 1), to synchronize a relaxation oscillation generator GRm at high frequency (frequency equal to the number of elemental picture areas scanned per unit of time). By means of a highly selective filter jm, I extract the fundamental component of this high frequency relaxation oscillation. This fundamental component (which is a sinusoidal wave) is applied to coils in and in as above.

In a general manner, while I have, in the above description, disclosed what I deem to be practical and eflicient embodiments of my invention, it should be well understood that I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be changes made in the arrangement, disposition and form of the parts without departing from the principle of the present invention as comprehended within the scope of the accompanying claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a color television system of the type in which a brightness signal and a coded color signal are transmitted to characterize every television picture elemental area that isv being scanned, a receiver which comprises, in combination, a decoding device including a cathode ray tube having a linear cathode to emit an electron beam, means including a cathode control elec trode and responsive to variations of said brightness signal for modulating the intensity of said electron beam, three anodes corresponding'respectively to the three basic colors ofthe coded color signal, three output circuits connected to said anodes respectively, and means operative in response to variations of said coded color signal for distributing the electrons of said beam to said three anodes respectively in accordance with the value of said coded color signal, a viewing cathode ray tube having a three colored band network on its luminescent screen, the three colors of this network being said three basic colors respectively, the bands of said network being transverse to the direction of the scanning lines on said screen and the width of each band being equal to the width of the scanning spot of said viewing tube, an electronic gun in said viewing tube for forming said spot, means for controlling the intensity of said spot, and electronic switch means working at a frequency of recurrence equal to the number of television picture elemental areas scanned per unit of time for successively apply generator of relaxation oscillations for controlling the scanning of said spot, said electronic switch means being operatively connected with said generator.

GEORGES VALENSI.

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